Free Spirit Experience Gap Year in Israel and Italy

Name: Free Spirit Experience Gap Year in Israel and Italy
Brand: Free Spirit Experience
SKU: 256486
Rating: 4.89 (9 reviews)

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Location

Multiple Locations +2

Israel
Italy
- Rome

Length

12 - 52 weeks

Program Tags

Adventure Travel Cultural Immersion Hands-On Learning Internships Post-High School Wilderness

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Program Details

Activities

Camping City Exploring Kayaking

Timeframe

Academic Year Fall Spring

Housing

Apartment Hostel

Primary Language

English

Age Min.

Age Max

Pricing

What's Included

Accommodation Activities Domestic Airfare Airport Transfers Equipment Meals Park Fees Tour Guide Transportation Travel Insurance

What's Included (Extra)

All programming and ongoing support

What's Not Included

Airfare Some Meals

What's Not Included (Extra)

Parents' visit and family activities (optional)

Last Updated: Jan 11, 2021

Last Reviewed: Jan 29, 2020

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About Program

Free Spirit offers a unique experience in Israel and Italy, filled with adventures, work experiences, and cultural-immersion community living.

Your first semester starts with Kibbutz living, tours and trips in Israel, a 5-day sailing expedition to Cyprus, individual guidance and support, and social and group forming activities. We then move to Italy for 4 weeks of exploration and various work experiences: Pizzeria, Organic Farm-to-Restaurant-Table work, Social Activism, and more.

For your second semester, you may choose from many internship options, or build your own internship in Israel or Italy: "Ulpan" experience (intensive Hebrew learning), farming, high-tech internships, work with refugees in Tel-Aviv, "Marva" - military training for non-Israelis, and any of the Italian experiences. These vary in settings, social contexts, and levels of structure and support - all to fit your wishes and needs.

You may come for one or two semesters, and opt to stay for the summer.

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Video and Photos

Off-roading searching for the night life of the Golan

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Program Highlights

Find your passion through many experiences and opportunities
Cultural immersion in Israel and Italy
Adventures for lifetime memories: Kibbutz life, Sailing on the Mediterranean, Italy and Italian cooking...
Developing independence step by step
An ideal balance between support-structure and independence-freedom

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5 rating 88.89%
4 rating 11.11%
3 rating 0%
2 rating 0%
1 rating 0%

Housing 4.7
Support 4.9
Fun 4.8
Value 4.7
Safety 4.7

Good for Under 18, Solo Travelers, Students

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It was fun but the group wasn’t. I learned more about myself. I learned how to solve problems and work on myself ant the same time. The activities were fun but the hikes were not. It was an experience I’ll learn from but something I’ll never do again. It gave me so light and understanding of who I should surround myself around and where I thrive in life. It was good and hard at the same time. It gave me life experience that I hadnt had but also allowed me to work on aspects of my life that I worked on before.

What would you improve about this program?

The group dynamic was not good and you need to work on how the group gets along. I would work on the way the hikes are done

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About Free Spirit Experience

Free Spirit’s Gap Year And Young Adult program: Experience Israel and Italy... the best of both worlds Young adults, ages 18-24 are welcomed to apply to our unique Free Spirit experience: Kibbutz life at its best, with a vibrant community, many opportunities, and just the right amount of support and structure not to hinder on your independence...